I have discovered one of the tricks to defrosting a freezer… Use a fan to blow air into the freezer. It reduces the amount of time that the defrosting takes significantly. I can assure you that I know why people go for frost free fan forced freezers… Despite the help of the fan it is still a pain.

I found an interesting collection of photos about a jet fighter in the US Air Force. The canopy would not close properly. Finally when it did it jammed closed and would not open. The manufacturer then advised how to open the canopy through ‘Alternate means’. This was a petrol recipricating saw causing about US$175,000 damage including replacing the canopy. Not cheap!

Finally, the SMH has a story about the new Bruce Springsteen album which is full of songs popularised by Pete Seeger. I expect the album to be quite interesting when it is released in a few weeks time.